Speakership

Opposition parties in the incoming 10th National Assembly have unveiled a 13 man committee to shortlist, screen and eventually recommend speakership and deputy speakership candidates from amongst them.

Following Clay's retirement in 1825, the power of the speakership once again began to decline, despite speakership elections becoming increasingly bitter.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) had some pointed remarks for Rep. (R-NY) on Friday night after he blamed Democrats for Rep. (R-CA) ouster from the speakership this week.

And it would take just five Republicans to side with all Democrats to remove him from the speakership.

As a result, we endorse Hon Muktar Ahmed Betara for the Speakership of the 10th Assembly.

As last week got underway, the Capitol Hill scuttlebutt was that his speakership had momentum, newfound allies and deserved to be seen as inevitable.

A small group of renegade Republicans from other states were able to oust Kevin McCarthy from the speakership in early October, sparking a chaotic chapter for the GOP.

Based on their words and actions since McCarthy lost the speakership, the so-called moderates still haven’t grasped the reality of the situation.

But the naysayers wanted more — and they seem likely to get it, to the detriment of the speakership broadly and McCarthy very, very specifically.

But to reach the speakership, he also agreed not to interfere in future Republican primaries, even if it meant boosting candidates that he thought were likelier to win a general election than right-wing rivals.

Congressman Steve Scalise of Louisiana was slated to secure the Republican nomination for the speaker role before Scalise from the speakership race after he failed to secure enough support to win a vote.

Day asks Yang if running for the speakership for the fourth time is a good idea.

For example, when asked just moments after earning the speakership if he wanted more funding to Ukraine, he “We all do,” but noted “we are going to have conditions on that”.

Gaetz isn’t making a play for the speakership himself; his strengths are in drumming up headlines and campaign cash, not governance.

He claimed Jordan didn't have the necessary votes to win the speakership.

He said he has great regard for Tinubu, which was why he dropped his speakership ambition when he was directed to do so.

He’s placed himself in the national spotlight by being part of the effort to block from gaining the speakership, bringing the House to a standstill in the process.

Hon. Mudashiru Obasa’s two terms speakership has not brought any good ambience to Agege, cites his alleged deceitful mien as an ill wind that must no longer prevail in the polity.

However, the vote didn't come without opposition from some of the committee's Republicans who have called on McCarthy to kill it — with others questioning whether it's enough to reconsider his speakership.

If the position of Senate presidency has been zoned to the South-south and the Speakership to the Northwest as is being touted in the media; that fits the bill.